Transitions: Autumn Equinox walk

So life has been winding along... and the seasons are on the change...

 

I hope you're having a little time to enjoy the transitions

Enjoying Life: A walk in Cefn Onn

Out for a walk in Cefn Onn park

There is little I enjoy more than being out with my girls in the woods on a sunny afternoon. Lush scents of damp earth and growing things. Sounds of birds and laughter and splashing. Rich deep greens and browns paired with the bright flash of color from flowers. The soft mulch giving ever so slightly underfoot or a hand in mine, warm and little wet and gritty from the stream .... mmm so much to love and appreciate and enjoy

In the Silence I've Been Gathering... (flowers and textures)

(all of these pictures are currently on sale 3for2 at LoomyBin)

In the silence I've been gathering... 

Flowers from a woodland walk...

Lovely textures from Caerphilly castle.

To check out more of the prints for sale check out 'Photos for Sale' album on LoomyBin. 

With every purchase made this weekend also receive a voucher for 10% off a handwoven item.

June 7th: Bright

One of the best things about weaving is being able to work with color. I love bright beautiful colors.

In this picture are some of the cones I recently pulled out for planning stages of projects.
The Aqua and Cream cone closest is a one of a kind mix of wool and super soft soya proteins. It is one of the last few cones of a lot I bought which were a special trial. I will be sad to see it all go because it's wonderful to work with it.
The cone behind that is a Royal Blue and Black cotton and linen mix. I am a sucker for linen and cotton mixes because the designs they can create are so pristine.
The cone behind that is a super fine bright green lambswool. The cone laying down in a lovely deep yellow orange fine cotton.
Colors and the fibres associated are key for me and what I do. They shape the pieces I make in subtle and not so subtle ways (i.e. the certain patterns do not look good with certain fibres, likewise certain color combinations are best kept simple in design while others love to be intricately mixed).

Some of the patterns and colors I've woven over the year.

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June 1st B is for.... (Beads, Blue and Beginnings)

I just started working on another bright piece with beads.
I love beads...little shimmery bits catching and reflecting light which you can hold in your hand...

I'm going to call this scarf Glorious Day; bright sun in the turquoise blue sky.

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May13th Sunrise/Sunset (aka Early Sun and Golden Dragonfly scarves)

Here are two sunny weaves that I have done in the the past.
The one on the left is Early Sun it is cotton and slub string and cotton and linen slub string.
The one on the right is Golden Dragonfly is is a mixture of vintage wools in antique gold and copper and ladder yarn in variegating golds, oranges and olive with a black binding.

One of my favorite things to do is take picture on my work on the loom. The effect one gets is often quite different to what it looks like when you take it off, because on the loom everything is stretched to it's fullest and nothing has been shrunk in the wash. Below is Golden DragonFly on the loom. It was really pleasing to my eye and to my mind when I was weaving it because of the luster and color of the strings. I had a real vintage feel to it, like I had plucked it out of the late 80s to be tied upon my loom.

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May 12th Mother -Daffodils

I love taking pictures of flowers for inspiration in my weaving. Their soft petals and variations of color and texture and pattern always fill me with a desire to weave.
Whenever I see daffodils I think of my mother because when I was little we used to read a book of poems and one of the poems was 'Daffodil' by Wordsworth.

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